Marvelous Monday

So far vacation is MARVELOUS!  

This morning Josh, JAY and  I slept in until 9!

It's so beautiful over here, just look at the view from our morning walk:

I've seen this "write it out" challenge on a few different blogs and wanted to participate.  There are 8 questions and you hand-write your answers out instead of typing them so that everyone can see what your handwriting looks like.  

Here are the questions:

1. What's your name / blogger name?
2. What's your blog's URL?
3. Write "The quick fox jumps over the lazy dog."
4. Favorite quote?
5. Your favorite song?
6. Your favorite band / singers?
7. Anything else you want to say?
8. Tag 3 - 5 other people.

Here goes...

 After writing this out I realized that my handwriting is so much different than it used to be and basically changes daily.  I really don't ever write much more than drink orders in coffee short hand these days {speaking of, I need to do another Barista Blabber... I have a few doozies for you guys!}  You should play along and show off your penmanship, good or bad.

Hope you all have a great Monday.  My challenge for the night is to try to convince the family to watch The Bachelor tonight, wish me luck!!

Greetings from the road...

We are mid road trip and everything is going great.  I have my Sbux, my buns are toasty {thanks to the in-laws for letting us use their Denali with glorious heated seats}, my honey, good tunes, a cinnamon crunch bagel from Panera and a sleeping baby in the backseat.  What more could a girl want?!

I wanted to share something with you that made me giggle... one of my Valentine's Day cards from Josh.   The perfect card for your barista/wife:

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Friday Favs

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Ok, was it just me or was today the hardest day ever to wake up?!  I hit the snooze button until the last.possible.second. and it was definitely "one of those days" @ the cafe today.  Which makes me even happier that next week = our full week vacation to Brewster!  I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am.  Knowing that there was a vacation light at the end of the tunnel is what kept me going this week!  

I plan do to a lot of sleeping in and hanging with the family.  

I haven't done a Favorite Things Friday in a few weeks because honestly I didn't have any life altering products to share.  But now I do.  

Life Altering Product #1

Ok, so maybe a Kinect isn't "life altering" but it's pretty dang sweet.  The thing I love most about the Kinect is that there is NO remote or controller, you are the controller.  We all worked up a pretty good sweat after playing it for a few hours, which is probably the main reason why I like it.  I'm not a big gamer.  My favorite game so far is Dance Central, it is especially fun to play after a few cocktails! 

 Another cool feature is that it is has a voice control start, I literally say "x-box" and it perks up... I feel like I'm in the Jetsons.  

Life Altering Product #2

highlighter/blush

First off, how come nobody ever told me about highlighter/blush?!  I recently bought Smashbox's soft lights in Shimmer and HOLY COW it is aaaaamazing.  It gives your skin the perfect healthy glow, I love putting it on my cheek bones/ brow bones for a little luminescent dewiness.  My sister got a sample of benefit's highbeam as a bonus the last time she went shopping for makeup and gave it to me.  It is also a great product, but I think it is meant to be used with a liquid foundation because sometimes when I put it over my BareMinerals it looks like a hot mess.  Anyways, bottom line: a good highlighter is now a necessity for me and if you haven't tried using one yet GO!   

Life Altering Product #3

I've been wearing NARS Super Orgasm blush for awhile now and as a lip sauce junkie I don't know how I'd never heard about the Super Orgasm gloss.  It is seriously the most gorgeous sheer pink color, it has sparkle without being too in-your-face.  It has a really smooth texture and that's really important to me, I hate feeling like I have heavy makeup on my mouth.  Basically if you like the blush you should definitely give the gloss a try. It's my new fav.

Super Orgasm blush

And those, my dearies are my favorite things this Friday.  I hope you have a fabulous evening.  I just found out that it is National Wine Day so I'm off to celebrate!! *Cheers*

pay it forward and my lie

Time to come clean about my two truths and a lie.  Any last minute guesses?  

Here they are again:

1.  I attended 3 different Colleges/Universities

2.  I have never been to Disneyland

3.  I had a pet duck in college named Oliver

The lie: #2.  I HAVE been to Disneyland {3 times actually} and I can't wait to take Jay when he gets a little older!

Which means that in college I did fact have a pet duck named Oliver.  He was the sweetest little guy in the whole world.  He would follow me and my roommate around our apartment and his little webbed feet made the cutest noise on the tile floor in our kitchen.  He loved to sit on my lap when I watched tv and yes, he was potty trained.  Oliver's all time favorite thing was swimming in our bathtub.  

He was a good duck.

A few weeks back I came across Kristen's post about the "Pass it Forward" project, thankfully I commented quickly and was able to participate.  I love the idea of one person doing something nice for someone else for no reason other than to make that person's day a little brighter!  Last week my package came in the mail and it totally made my day.  I love finding more than just bills in the mailbox!  

Here's what was in my package from Kristen:

A super cute daily desk calendar with pictures of tired poochies on each page!  Hopefully, it will curb my puppy cravings until we get one of our own.

Today's picture:

The best part of the challenge is that I now get to pass it forward to 3 of you!  

Here are the rules:

1.  The first THREE commentators on this post will be my three "Pay it Forward" recipients.

2.  I will contact the THREE commentators to get their home address and then ship out a fun little gift.

3.  You must be willing to host a "Pay it Forward" on your own blog for THREE blog commentators.

Please make sure to leave your e-mail address so that I can contact you for your mailing address!

HAPPY HUMPDAY!

I feel just like Haley Joel Osment ;)

I'm a liar (ok, not really, that was a lie)

Melissa @ Write it in Lipstick is hosting Two Truths and a Lie Tuesday, feel free to pop on over and link up in the fun! {how cute is she?!}

Here are my 2 truths and a lie in no particular order:

1.  I attended 3 different Colleges/Universities

2.  I have never been to Disneyland

3.  I had a pet duck in college named Oliver

Alright folks, what do you think?! 

1, 2 or 3?

Grammys 2011

Time out.  There's more to the grammy's than the red carpet?!  I'll be honest... this year I only watched the red carpet coverage and the first couple minutes of the actual show.

Here are my top 2 picks for best dressed:

 Selena Gomez

Julianna Hough

...and some of my picks for worst dressed:

 mia

 Rihanna

Nicki Minaj

Honorable mention:

the always fabulous Giuliana Rancic 

Eva Longoria

Katy Perry

How amaze does Jennifer Hudson look these days?!

 I thought her body looked great, but didn't like the little peek-a-boob black bra thing going on under her dress.

talk about a total transformation!

I loved when she told Ryan Seacrest, "I can't even sleep at night because I can't wait to see what I'm going to wear the next day."


...and I'm not even gonna go there with Lady Gaga incubating in the egg/womb.  Don't get me wrong, I love me some Gaga but what.is.next?!  At least she's entertaining!!

What are your best/worst dressed Grammy picks?

All you Need is LOVE Challenge: Day 8

Today is the last day of the "All you need is LOVE" Blog Challenge, thank you to Neely, Sam and Courtney for the fun topics!  The final topic is:

On Valentine's Day I {LOVE} to...

Spend time with people I love.  

This year Josh worked late so we had a sibling date, it was so much fun spending time with Jay, Claire and Brenton!  I think it's important to not only let your significant other know they're appreciated, but to show your appreciation for other special people that you love on Valentine's Day.

Enjoy some delicious chocolate

Tell friends and family how much they mean to me

And of course, spend some quality time with the Mr.

What do you {LOVE} to do on Valentine's Day?!